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Explaining the Trinity to children by Russell Moore
Here’s an article I read last week from Russell Moore, who has a blog called “Moore to the point” at http://www.russellmoore.com. Great thoughts as we teach our kids about God. Here it is: Yesterday a...
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Does this election really matter to Christians?
Ever since the Roman emperor Constantine married government with Christianity almost 17 centuries ago, there has never really been a clear consensus on how much or how little Christians should be...
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What role does sanctification play in salvation? by Donald Whitney
The following is a post (from 9marks.org) from Donald Whitney, who is a professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. You may remember that he came to our church about 18 months ago and taught...
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Finding the right motivation.
There’s a picture that’s going viral. It’s a picture taken this morning of 3 soldiers performing their duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the midst of an oncoming hurricane. Here it is, just...
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The day after the election
So how are your feeling this morning? I never want to assume that everyone in our church voted for the same person, but chances are, that according to demographics and statistics, a large majority of...
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God’s New Year’s resolution
It’s January 1, or in other words, resolution time. I know that there are some of you that are anti-resolution people, while others love the challenge of setting new goals. Regardless of where you...
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How the gospel changes our perspective on tragedy
Yesterday I read a blog post from Dan Cruver who heads an organization called “Together for the gospel”. Dan came to our church a number of years ago to talk to us about adoption. He and I went to...
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Diagnosing a problem with no solution
The news coming out about the rising generation is not good. I read this article the other day and had to share it with you. You may have seen it and read it. I think it’s interesting how this...
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How every Christian is like Manti Te’o
Some are calling it the story of the year and it’s only January. It’s the perfect human interest story. It has mystery, intrigue, deception, confusion, and a you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up quality to...
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God made a farmer
There was a golden nugget amidst all the mediocrity of the Super Bowl commercials yesterday: the Dodge/Ram commercial with Paul Harvey. It was truly special, even if the idea came from a video already...
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How would you summarize the Bible in 10 minutes?
If someone asked you to summarize the story of the Bible in 10 minutes, what would you say? I wanted to show this last Sunday at Providence, but we just didn’t have enough time. It’s by a worship...
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My assessment of the The Bible mini-series
I know I mentioned yesterday at the end of our service that I’d be sharing with all of you my 2 cents on The Bible mini-series on the History Channel. I know a lot of people have been raving about it...
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If God told you everything that would happen, faith would still be hard
I’ve been reading in the book of Exodus over the last few weeks. Our church’s Bible reading schedule this year is a 240 chapter overview of the main points in the gospel narrative from Genesis to...
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What does the new pope have to do with our Evangelical, non-denominational,...
We have a new pope. I was browsing Twitter yesterday at the time that the announcement was made. For all the talk of religion dying in our world, the election of the head of the Roman Catholic...
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I gave my kids away last night
Last night my family said goodbye to my younger brother, Rich, his wife, Julia, and their son, Justus. Families normally say goodbye a lot and most are casual because there are always many “hellos”...
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Don’t play with rattlesnakes
Most of us are smart enough not to have rattlesnakes as pets. There are a lot of reasons, but the main one is that they can kill you. Not rocket science, I know, but how many of us actually play...
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The Supreme Court and gay marriage: The sky isn’t falling but the landscape is
Today’s Supreme Court decision striking down the main parts of DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) is probably the biggest overarching social decision since Roe v. Wade. As Evangelicals, we’ve seen...
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Why I love Love Denver
This past weekend marked the 3rd Love Denver event in our small community on the west side of Lake Norman. I try not to use words like “success” when evaluating one day events because genuine results...
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